Poems Flashcards
1
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What is half rhyme?
A
half rhyme is two words that have only their final consonant sounds and no preceding vowel or consonant sounds in common (such as stopped and wept, or parable and shell).
2
Q
Caesura does what
A
Punctuation in line which slows writing and brings focus to a line
3
Q
Enjambment does what
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Speed up (possibility to show a memory flashing before them [ptsd])
4
Q
Futility of war quotations in Exposure
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- Repetition - “but nothing happens”
- Rhetorical Question - “What are we doing here?” , “is it that we are dying”
5
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Futility of war and blind compliance of soldiers in Charge of the Light Brigade
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- Repetition - “theirs not to reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die:”
6
Q
Biblical allusion in Charge of the Light Brigade
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“All into the valley of death”
7
Q
Give an example of colloquial language in Remains
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- “and one of them legs it up the road,”
- “Sort of inside out”
- “One of my mates goes by”
8
Q
Quotation in Remains showing PTSD
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- Caesura - “Then I’m home on leave. But I blink”
- Caesura - “End of story, except not really”
- Metaphor - “His blood shadow stays on the street”
9
Q
Loss of patriotism in Bayonet Charge
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- Noun [Ecetera] + Simile - “king, honour, human dignity, etcetera Dropped like luxuries in a yelling alarm”
10
Q
Bayonet Charge Quotation set up for change
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- Simile - “Sweating like molten iron from the centre of his chest” (molten iron can be reformed)
